Dinner-bucket



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DIN-NER BUCKET.

Patented July 18, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOLOMON WINKLER, OF CANAL DOVER, OHIO.

DINNER-BUCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,506, dated July 18, 1882.

` Application ined Maren 16, lese. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SOLOMON WINKLER, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Canal Dover, in the county of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Dinner-Bucket, of which the followingis a specitication.

This invention relates to improvements in dinner-buckets.

It consists in a vessel having the peculiar construction and features hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawing the figure represents a section of the device.

The letter a, designates the base or lampchamber. This has a bottom, b, and circular wall c, the latter being provided with air-holes c', and openings c, filled with glass or mica. Seated within this chamber is a lamp, d, which is used both forheat and light. Resting Within the top of and separately attached to this chamber a is the food-receptacle c. This consists of an outer shell, e', and an inner concentric one, e, the latter being connected to the former at the top and depending within it, so that there is a-free space all around between the bottoms and walls of the two shells. Leading from this intermediate space, f, isa cock or faucet, g, and leading into ita filling-tube, h. The shell c is open at the top, and has a cover, k, tting it snugly. This cover has rising from it a ring, l, which is perforated and is adapted to receive a cup, m.

'The dinner-bucket being separable from the lamp-chamber, the latter can at any time be removed, leaving afood-receptacle which can be used independently. The lamp-chamber can also be used by a mechanic for warming or.

heating anything else. The holesin the ring l allow the escape of warm air, keeping butter or anything in the ring from getting heated.

This furnishes a useful device suitable to mechanics. Theheat from the lamp keeps the liquid hot, and the heat is transmitted 'to the food within the shell or receptacle c, warmingits contents. The shells being concentric, the heat surrounds the inner one, warming the food all through.

Havingdescribed myinvention, what I claim 1s A 1uncl1bucket provided with the ring l, having perforations, as shown.

SOLOMON WINKLER. 

